Wagon-body



preferably a rib, 11

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES OOMSTOOK, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,282, dated June 27,1882.

Application filed April 25, 1882. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES CoMsTooK, ofRacine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bodies;, and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

Myinvention relates to strengthening posts orstandards applied to theinner sides and end-gates of wagon-bodies, all as will be more fully setforth -hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective one of my improvedposts in position against the side of a wagon-box. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the post alone. Fig. 4 is a side view of the post in position,and Fig. 5 is aview of a modified form of post adapted for use inconnection with the endgate or tail-board of a wagon-body.

A represents the bottom of a wagon-box, and A the sides, while adesignates a rail or cleat ruuningall along the inner edge of the box,near the top.

B is my improved post, composed of metal, hollow, and having threesides, I) b b, and The side b to thecenter of which the vertical rib bis cast is otherwise fiat and parallel with the sides of the wagonbody,while the sides b b converge from the outer edges of the side I), thethree sides presenting in cross-section the appearance of the l'rustumof a cone, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

0 represents a base-plate or flange cast with the post to afi'ord aproper bearing on the bottom of the wagon, and a bolt, 0, screwthreadedat its base, projects downward from this base-plate, and, passingthrough a hole in the bottom of the wagon-box, receives a nut, 0 byturning which the postis tightened to place. The rib b extends above theside b of the post and terminates in a ring or perforated plate, 11 Whenthe posts B are arranged in place along the sides of a wagon-body theinner rail, to, already named, just rests on or fits over the top of thesaid post, and a screw or bolt passed through the ring or plate b intothe rail securely holds the two together. To insure a closer union ofparts, I fill the described hollow post B with a wooden block, E, andthen from the outside of the wagonbody, I insert screws 6 through thesides of the wagon-body and into these wooden blocks E, thus renderingthe posts firm and solid and greatly strengthening the wagon-box.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a slight modification of the post adapted for usein connection with the end-gate or tail-board of the wagon-body. Herethe post is secured to the end-gate A and its rail a precisely aselsewhere about the wagon; but instead of having a bolt, 0, projectin gdownward from the base-plate or flange U, a hinge-arm, 0 extendsdownward at a slight curve under the bottom of the wagonbox, and uniteswith a plate, 0', forminga hinge-joint, of which, of course, thereshould be one near each end of the end-gate.

While I usually prefer to cast my post'B with the described rib W, I maydispense with this rib, and either extend the side I) up into an ear orperforated plate, or else pass a bolt down through the rail or into thedescribed wooden block E, without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the box or body of a wagon, having interior upperrail, a, the 1101- low metal triangular strengthening posts or standardsB, the wooden blocks E, and suitable securing devices, as setforth.

2. In combination with the box and interior upper rail of a wagon, thetriangular metal post B, having ring or perforated plate 1), bolt 0, andnut G, as set forth.

3. In combination with the end-gate of a wagon and its interior upperrail, the hollow metal triangular post B, with plate 0, dependinghinge-arm, and wooden block E, asset forth.

4. As a new article of manufacture, the described hollow metaltriangular post B, hav-- ing wooden filling E, and depending bolt orarm, as described, for securing said post to a w g -bod In testimonythat I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day ofNovember, 1881.

CHAS. OOMSTOOK. Witnesses S. S. STOUT, HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD.

